Wagon-standard



(No Model.)

W. S. YOUNG.

WAGON STANDARD.

No. 303,906. Patented Aug. 19, 1884 mx M 1 ilnrrno rn'rns ATENT rricn.

VILBUR SABGENT YOUNG, OF GILLESPIE, ILLINOIS.

WAGON-STANDARD.

FBPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,906, dated August 19, 1884.

Application filed April 26. 1884. (No model.)

To all whom 215 may concern;

Be it known that I, WILBUR S. YoUNG, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Gillespie, in the county of Macoupin and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vagon -Stanclards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same, reference being had to the aceompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention is an improved wagon-standard; and it consists in the improvements hereinafter described and set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view showing a standard mounted in position and illustratinginy invention, and Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view showing the several parts illustrated in Fig. 1 detached.

A. represents the bolster, which is cut away on its upper face at its end to form a dep rcssion, a. The said depression a is adapted to receive aplate, B, which, when in position, is flush with the upper surface of the bolster A. The said plate B is retained in position in the depression a by means of bolts I), which pass through said plate and through perforations c in the bolster, and are rigidly clamped by means of nuts (I, engaging the lower threaded extremity of said bolts. A square opening, G,is centrally formed in said plate I), and on each side of said openin g are located vertical offsets or cars e e. The standard 1) is formed of eastmetal, and is provided at its lower end with a square heel,

f, and a forwardly-extending tongue, 9 The standard D is mounted in position as illustrated in Fig. 1, the heel f resting within the perforation C- of the plate B, the tongue g hearing upon the front portion of the plate B, so as to permit the front bolt, b, of the same also to engage said tongue. A bolt, E, depending from the rear of said lieelf, passes through a perforation, l1, and is clamped atits lower end by a nut, i.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that by the improvements herein described the standard may be rigidly mounted in position, the depressed heel f and bolt E preventing lateral play of the same, while the arrangement of the tongue 9 prevents any movement in a cross direction. The ears 6 on the plate B further contribute to prevent lateral play.

I claim- The combination, in a wagon-standard, of a bolster, A, depressed as described, a plate, B, secured in said depression, provided with a central opening, and with vertically-projecting ears cast on each side of the same, and a standard, D, cast solid in asingle piece of metal, and provided with a heel, f, adapted to rest in said central opening in plate B, and havingabolt, E, designed to pass through a perforation in said bolster and receive a clamp-nut, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILBUR SARGENT YOUNG.

\Vitn esses:

V. M. JoNEs, GEO. C. AHRENS. 

